“With Olympia, I Watched My Wife Fight For Her Life”- Alexis Ohanian Reveals Why He Took Leave After The Birth Of His Second Daughter

Alexis Kerry Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur and investor.

He is best known as the co-founder and former executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz. He also co-founded the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital, helped launch the travel search website Hipmunk, and started the social enterprise Breadpig. He was also a partner at Y Combinator.

He’s married to Serena Williams and the couple recently welcomed their second daughter.

Alexis Ohanian revealed via his Instagram page why taking a leave after the birth of his 2nd daughter was crucial and he gave the same opportunity to his staffs.

Read his post below as shared on Instagram:

“One month into my #PaternityLeave, as grateful as I am that Adira’s birth was smooth & Serena has been recovering well; this leave has been vital for our family.

With Olympia, watching my wife fight for her life, I realized not having paid leave was unconscionable. Sure, all my employees had it, but the vast majority of Americans don’t — and that includes new moms (1 in 4 women in the US return to work within 2 weeks of childbirth).

If you know me, you know I don’t like just talking, I believe in action.

I started this fight when Olympia was born because I realized how lucky I was and we took the fight to Congress and did get 12 weeks of parental leave for all federal employees (and recently including military!) — we have much more to do.

More to come”.

Source: Alexis Ohanian | Instagram

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